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The Ting Tings at the Commodore Ballroom – review and photos

The British duo on tour for sophomore album Sounds from Nowheresville. Ria Nevada review (coming soon), Tamara Lee photos. read more

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Interview – The Hunger Games’ Alexander Ludwig

Wouldn’t have taken role in the biggest film franchise of the next 10 years if the movie didn’t show ‘humanity’ of character, says young actor. read more

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Gabrielle Miller on her new movie Sisters&Brothers

The Vancouver native talks about her role in the new Carl Bessai movie Sisters&Brothers. read more

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Own the Throne in Vancouver

Get your Throne on with an all-day marathon of the epic HBO series Game of Thrones. read more

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Preview – 2012 Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo

What’s happening at Western Canada’s largest comics and science fiction convention? Lots, including the reunion of the principal cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation. read more

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Teens killing teens should be more fun than The Hunger Games

It’s not very good. read more

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Neil Gaiman gets the Naked Girl treatment

Vancouver’s Naked Girls Reading present a selection of the fantasy author’s works. Intrepid contributor Ria Nevada reports back… read more

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The Wedding Present’s David Gedge – ‘It’s a form of mental illness, really’

Still crazy after all these years… read more

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Bruce Springsteen’s SXSW keynote speech

The Boss gives a great keynote address at this year’s SXSW. read more

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Vancouver-based artist scores big with fans and cast of TV’s Community

Julieta Colas talks about her passion for the quirky NBC comedy. read more

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Chantel Upshaw at the Media Club

The Vancouver singer celebrates the release of her debut album and steps out as Pouty Marlo. read more

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Fantasy author’s works get nude translation

Naked Girls Reading bare the works of fantasy author Neil Gaiman. read more

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Vancouver I love you but you’re bringing me down

What’s to become of a city run by developers for the very rich? read more

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The best American animated feature of the ’70s?

Ralph Bakshi’s 1977 animated feature is released in a special Blu-Ray package. How does the movie hold up 35 years later? read more

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Winnipeg’s Comic Book Men pt 2

The second part of our interview with Doug Sulipa, who opened one of the first comic book stores in Canada. read more

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Moebius dead at 73

European comics legend Jean Giraud passed away March 10 2012. read more

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Islands at the Rio Theatre

The L.A.-by-way-of-Montreal band brings the heartache, writes Ria Nevada. Krista Jahnke photos. read more

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Are things turning around for women filmmakers?

An interview with director Tracy Smith about how far women have come, at least since Stargate. read more

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Vancouver cartoonist spins tale of catmasters

‘If they stopped making Batman comics tomorrow there would still be more than any sane person would want to read in a lifetime,’ says Brandon Graham. read more

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Big red turkey

Review of the new science fiction/fantasy flick John Carter. read more

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Winnipeg’s Comic Book Men pt 1

The first part of our interview with Doug Sulipa, who opened the first comic book store in Winnipeg in 1974. read more

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VPIWF: Spanish wine at C

Photos from a VPIWF Spanish wine tasting/grazing event at C Restaurant. read more

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Frank Frazetta’s John Carter

More even than Edgar Rice Burroughs’ original novels, Frank Frazetta’s paintings have done more to bring John Carter to pop culture. read more

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Video flashback – Vanessa Paradis, “Maxou”

Check out this video, circa 1988, of Vanessa Paradis singing to a cat. read more

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Café de Flore’s director Jean-Marc Vallée

Rachel Fox interviews the director of Café de Flore at the 2011 Whistler Film Festival. read more

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G. Love at the Commodore Ballroom

The Special Sauce man on tour for his album Fixin’ to Die. Cameron Brown photos. read more

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Talkin’ ’bout degeneration

Julia Brown reviews the new found-footage teen party flick Project X. read more

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Redemption song – Atlas Sound at the Biltmore

Deerhunter’s Bradford Cox returns to the scene of his self-admitted “worst show ever”. Ria Nevada review, Krista Jahnke photos. read more

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Our first vertical wine tasting

Caymus Vineyards’ Special Selection in the spotlight at the 2012 Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival. read more

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Revenge of Seattle’s girl geeks!

The 2012 GeekGirlCon in Seattle is looking for submissions. read more

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Vancouver Playhouse Int’l Wine Festival kicks off

The week-long festival kicks off with a launch party at Joey One Bentall. Robyn Hanson photos. read more

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And now… the Razzies

Adam Sandler has a record-breaking 11 nominations at this year’s annual worst movie awards. read more

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Hey it’s the Oscars… zzzzzzz

Is an animated French-language cat film the best movie of the year? read more

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A very adult evening at Salt

The Salt Cellar Series is a witty reminder of dinner salons of the past, writes Rachel Fox. read more

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Actors on skates – the new hockey movie Goon

An interview with the director of the new hockey movie, Goon. read more

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Carly Rae Jepsen on the brink!

Justin Bieber (yes, THAT Justin Bieber) has signed Vancouver singer Carly Rae Jepsen to his record label. read more

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Franz Ferdinand guest on new Nardwuar album

Tracklisting for The Evaporators’ forthcoming album Busy Doing Nothing. Plus: new video, tour dates. read more

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Bombay Bicycle Club at the Commodore Ballroom

The London band on tour for their third album, A Different Kind of Fix, plays a sold-out Vancouver show. Cameron Brown photos. read more

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Asteroids Galaxy Tour

The Danish band end their North American tour at Venue in Vancouver. Ria Nevada review, Krista Jahnke photos. read more

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Bill You Murray Me? opening night

More than 150 submissions, from poetry to paintings to drawings to a life-size mannequin, were submitted for a tribute to Bill Murray. read more

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